China's unrelenting odyssey with space continues further as it now aims to set up the world's highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in the mountainous region of Tibet. These telescopes will be located very near to China-India border, which is likely to raise security alarms in New Delhi.

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These telescopes operating in Tibetan region will try to detect the faintest echoes resonating through our universe in a bid to unravel some deep secrets about the big bang theory. The Chinese government is spending an estimated $18.8 million on this ambitious project.

Construction work of the first telescope - codenamed as Ngari No 1 - has already commenced in Shiquanhe Town in Ngari Prefecture, Yao Yongqiang, chief researcher with the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said.

This telescope will seek to detect and collect accurate data on primordial gravitational waves in the Northern Hemisphere.

Chinese state media reported that it is likely to become operational by year 2021.      

Yao informed that the project's second phase will include series of telescopes and will be placed 6,000 meters above sea level. He, however, refused to shed light on time frame for the second phase that has been codenamed as Ngari No 2.

The Nagri prefecture boosts high altitude and clear sky that officially makes it one of the world's best spots to detect even tiny twists in cosmic light.

Last year in September, China also launched the world's largest radio telescope in China's Guizhou Province to boost global hunt for extraterrestrial life. The telescope also aims to give scientists better understanding about the working of our universe.

The Chinese government over the years has poured billions of dollars in space projects, which helped in propelling several satellites into space and build several ambitious space-related projects at the ground level.    

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